My MA degree has definitely helped me in my professional development. Studying genre, writing theories and workplace communication assisted me enormously in advanced comprehension of the context of workplace writing wherein organizational discourse is heavily influenced by the internal and external political, cultural and socio-economic environment. Since my graduation I have been in the milieu of written text as a means of communication and I have produced various pieces ranging from presidential speeches, briefing notes, federal government reports, proposals, and operational and strategic plans. Word and text are so powerful and disempowering at the same, which makes the whole process of creating texts engaging and exciting. Using emails on a daily basis as a key communication tool is another domain of its own. I was very lucky to have many professors who I still respect very much and remember.
(Last updated: 17 January, 2011)